Globalisation of technology captured with patent data  Dominique GuellecPluvia ZunigaDirectorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD: Globalisation of technology captured with patent data   Dominique Guellec Pluvia Zuniga Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD 1 Conference on Productivity and Innovation October 24-25 2007 Stockholm


Context: Context 2


Evidence of the increasing weight of foreign affiliates in innovation activities: Evidence of the increasing weight of foreign affiliates in innovation activities 3


Questions addressed in this study: Questions addressed in this study 4


The source of information: Patent data: The source of information: Patent data 5


Indicators: Indicators 6


The increased weight of cross-border inventionsCross-borders inventions represented more than 17% of all patented inventions in 2003; Their share have been continuingly increasing since 1990.: The increased weight of cross-border inventions Cross-borders inventions represented more than 17% of all patented inventions in 2003; Their share have been continuingly increasing since 1990.


The host country’s perspective: The host country’s perspective 8


Slide9: 9 Foreign Ownership in Domestic Inventions


The owner country’s perspective: The owner country’s perspective 10


Domestic Ownership of Inventions made abroad : 11 Domestic Ownership of Inventions made abroad


What motivates cross-borders R&D? : What motivates cross-borders R&D?


Knowledge sourcing vs. product adaptation:Different attributes: Knowledge sourcing vs. product adaptation: Different attributes 13


Knowledge sourcing?: Knowledge sourcing? Citation to host countries (in total backward citations) in Cross-border inventions


Slide15: 15 Knowledge sourcing? Citation to host countries in Cross-border inventions


Asset exploitation: Asset exploitation 16 Citation to itself (owner country) in cross border inventions: asset exploitation


Knowledge sourcing vs. product adaptation: Knowledge sourcing vs. product adaptation 17


Question 2: the relative quality of inventions: 18 Question 2: the relative quality of inventions


Relative quality: Relative quality Citation impact ratio (cross-border vs home made inventions)


Relative quality of research: Conclusions: 20 Relative quality of research: Conclusions


Transferring knowledge back home : 21 Transferring knowledge back home


Slide22: 22 Citation to inventions made abroad (in total citations) by purely domestic inventions


Slide23: Citation (% in backward citations by patent) to inventions made abroad by purely domestic inventions


The impact of cross-border inventions on the host country performance: The impact of cross-border inventions on the host country performance 24


Slide25: 25 Citation (in total backward citations) to foreign owned inventions by purely domestic inventions (Local spillovers)


General conclusions – the globalisation of inventions: General conclusions – the globalisation of inventions 26